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SAN FRANCISCO, July 17, 2014 (RISI) -US corrugated box shipments remained lackluster in June as containerboard inventories dropped by 11,000 tons despite mills running at 97.1% of capacity, according to the latest industry statistics.

BRUSSELS, July 17, 2014 (PPI Europe) -Chesapeake Greenford has signed up KBA to supply a RAPIDA 106 four-color B1 press for its plant in the UK as part of a £3 million ($5.1 million) investment program.

BRUSSELS, July 17, 2014 (PPI Europe) -The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) has held a meeting with EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht to discuss measures that the EU can take to protect the interests of the European paper industry on the Russian market.

SAO PAULO, July 16, 2014 (RISI) -Mexican packaging paper and corrugated board producer Grupak has scheduled for August the startup of its new 180,000 tonnes/yr containerboard machine to be installed at the company's Hidalgo plant in eastern Mexico.

HEIDENHEIM, Germany, July 16, 2014 (Press Release) -Following a rebuild by Voith, the PM 2 of the Europac Group (Papeles y Cartones de Europa, S.A.) was successfully restarted at its plant in Duenas in the Spanish Province of Palencia after just 15 days of downtime and seven days of commissioning.

ROCHESTER, NY, July 15, 2014 (Press Release) -Diamond Packaging today announced that it won two awards, including a Benny Award, the competition's highest honor, in the 2014 Premier Print Awards, the graphic arts industry's largest and most prestigious worldwide printing competition recognizing outstanding achievement in print production.